Volume XXVII Number 1, Spring 2018 #128

Decked out for the Derby

Florence Josephine Fleming, 1934

About The Cover:

Florence Josephine Fleming was a sister to Arthur Fleming, a Gateway and Grasmere based U. S. Customs agent. Born in Great Falls in the late 1880s, she may never have even visited the Tobacco Valley, but she was a pretty woman with a magnificent hat and we could not resist featuring her on the cover. On the back of the photograph Florence has written: “I was stooping over and it makes me appear round shouldered.” (Courtesy Deb Fleming)

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Burr’s Bear two photographs

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Frowning Toddler to Happy Flapper two photographs

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Letters to the Editor, etc.

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The Journal an editorial

7

The Voice

7

Inspired by History Writing Contest

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A Conversation with Ray and Shirley Jacobs

13

Best of The Trail: Dope Fiends are Leaving Montana

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Pearls of Wisdom: Arlie Burk 1998

14

War Hysteria by Gary Montgomery

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Centerfold: Fun on Water Tank Hill circa 1949.

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Excerpts from Harvesting Shadows by H. D. Smiley

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Reprinted from the Kootenai Times: Columbia River Fur Trade Prior to 1811

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Reflections - Spring 1918

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Eyes Wide Open by Danica Cate

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Birth of a Station by Oliver Coburn

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Dear Dad a letter

29

The Arthur and Frances Fleming Family a photograph

30

T Tales: Never Again!

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The Diary of Roy Eischelberger

Our Inspiration

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